STEWART REGAN has received offers from across the world to have Scotland as World Cup warm-up opponents as Gordon Strachan's men wait until after the Euro 2016 draw to return to competitive action.

SCOTLAND are being considered as World Cup warm-up opponents by a host of far-flung nations with potential trips to Australia and America being discussed.

SFA chief executive Stewart Regan has received several offers for Scotland to play glamour friendlies at the end of the season.

He said: “Discussions are taking place. We can’t announce details yet but it shouldn’t be too long.

“There are a number of options including a couple of long-haul trips being considered.

“There are World Cup finalists who want to play against British opposition. We’ve options to play them in Europe or elsewhere between now and the start of the action in Brazil.

“We’re exploring the offers but there are financial factors to consider, both for players and fans. There is a range of options, such as exhibition-style matches like when we played Brazil at the Emirates.”

A more pressing matter for Regan is the draw for the Euro 2016 qualification campaign.

The draw will be made by computer in France on February 23 and Scotland will know their fixtures immediately as the new system does away with the “dates meeting” process between countries in the same group.

And fans will be in for a feast of football when the qualification games begin. Fixtures will be spread over a whole week to meet TV contracts.

Regan said: “The concept is called the week of football. The TV contract UEFA have sold means they can put live football on pretty much every night.

“And there will be a chance for fans with subscriptions to key broadcasters to watch their home country then have rights to watch other matches as well. That put up the value of UEFA TV rights.

“Obviously playing international football on Saturday afternoon was great. Until we know the group, we won’t know what days we’ll get but I’m also a strong believer in Friday night football.”

Regan is all for computers fixing matches and dates. He said: “It’s a system that works for everybody. No one can pull a flanker. What you get, you get. It’ll be exciting to see what they throw up at the draw .”